nargout

Returns the number of output arguments.

📝 Syntax

• R = nargout()

• R = nargout(function_name)

• R = nargout(function_handle)

📥 Input argument

• function_name - a string: function name

• function_handle - a function handle

📤 Output argument

• R - an integer value: number of output argument

📄 Description

nargout returns the number of output arguments of an function.

If the last output argument of the function is varargout the returned value is negative.

💡 Examples

With an macro function:

nargout('cellstr')

With an builtin function:

nargout('cos')

🔗 See also

nargin.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version